How to Hide Albums on an Android Phone

November 12, 2011

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 You used to be able to hide your private photos. In the erstwhile days of film photography, you could hide your private photographs in an album. Now that Android smartphones come with high-quality cameras and virtually unlimited storage, you might have hundreds or even thousands of photos on your phone. With that convenience comes a danger. Anyone who comes across your phone can snoop through your pictures, and even send them from your phone without you ever knowing. Change your photo album files so that they no longer show up in your Android phone's photo gallery.

Difficulty:Easy1
Open the "Market" application and press the magnifying glass in the top-right corner. Type "file manager" in the search field and press "Go." Read the reviews and ratings of different file managers to decide which is best for you, then download the application. Select a file manager that lets you edit file names.
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Open the file manager to find the album that you want to hide. Look for a magnifying glass icon to press and perform the search. Search for a file called "Camera" to find the photos you have taken with your phone. Downloaded photos appear in files named things like "Download" or "Download." You found the right file when you see thumbnails of the photos.
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Find a text file with your file manager. Use your file manager program to make a copy of it, then paste it in the album you want to hide. With most file managers, you just need to press on the file until a menu comes up that gives you a list of options, one of which will be to copy the file. Go back to your album file and select the "Paste" option.
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Rename the file to ".nomedia" without the quotation marks. This tricks the phone into thinking there aren't any photos in the folder. Your photo album is now hidden and will not come up when you open your photo gallery.
Change the name of the ".nomedia" file or delete it altogether to get your photo album to show up in the gallery again.

Tag : Albums, Android, Phone